Georgia NPDES permit search
Status, expiry and violations for 259 municipal wastewater permits · issued by EPD
In short
How do I look up an NPDES permit in Georgia?
Search this page by permit number or plant name for a municipal plant’s permit status, expiry date and violations. For the official file, search EPD’s permit clearinghouse or the GEOS Public Inquiry Portal. EPA’s ECHO database shows the monitoring results and violations of every permit. The 1,441 industrial permits in Georgia are listed in Klarifi with a free account.
Links to official sources checked September 2026.
Effective
144
Administratively continued
109
Expired
3
Plants with effluent violations, 3 years
181
Where to find official Georgia NPDES records
Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) runs the NPDES program in Georgia under authorization from EPA Region 4. It issues and enforces the permits and keeps the official file: applications, permits, fact sheets and monitoring reports. EPD website ↗
permits · permit documents
The Watershed Protection Branch’s list of permits. Type the permittee name or permit number (for example GA0021725) and click “view” for the permit and its public comments.
applications · permits
EPD’s online submittal system: set Department to NPDES and search by permit number or facility name. It only holds what was filed through GEOS, so older permits may be missing.
permits · DMRs · inspections · violations · enforcement
EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance History Online. Search water facilities by permit number, name or city; the Detailed Facility Report lists inspections, violations and enforcement actions, and Effluent Charts plot monitoring results against the permit limits.
- Permit numbers
- Individual permits are GA plus seven digits (GA0021725); MS4 permits start GAS, general permits GAG and some municipal land application permits GAJ.
- Discharge monitoring reports
- Through EPA’s NetDMR, required since December 2016.
- Violations and enforcement
- EPD’s enforcement orders since 1998 ↗
Industrial and commercial NPDES permits in Georgia
Most NPDES permits are not held by municipal plants. EPA’s permit database lists 1,441 individual permits in force for industrial and commercial facilities in Georgia (manufacturers, food processors, mines, power plants, landfills), 59 of them major dischargers, plus 5,002 facilities covered by a general permit, mostly for stormwater. 189 of the individual permits recorded at least one effluent violation in the last three years.
| Facility | Permit | Status | Expires | Effluent violations |
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Unlock 1,441 industrial permits in Georgia
Search every industrial and commercial discharger in Georgia by name or permit number, with permit status, expiry and violation history. Free with a Klarifi account.
Industrial and commercial NPDES permits in Georgia: permits in force (effective or administratively continued) held by facilities EPA does not class as publicly owned treatment works or federal facilities. Source: EPA ICIS-NPDES via Klarifi, October 2026.
Violations at Georgia wastewater plants
181 of the 259 municipal plants on this page recorded at least one effluent violation, a monitored value above a permit limit, in the last three years, and 189 had a violation of any kind, including late or missing monitoring reports. Each plant’s page shows its own count. EPA’s enforcement records list 25 formal cases naming Georgia wastewater plants, 2 of them since fiscal year 2020, with $3.8 million in penalties assessed. Enforcement cases in Georgia →
Permit renewals by year
An NPDES permit runs for five years. To keep discharging, a plant must apply for renewal at least 180 days before the expiry date, and the renewed permit usually arrives with tighter effluent limits, new monitoring requirements or a compliance schedule. That is why the year a permit expires is the year a plant starts budgeting for upgrades: nutrient removal, disinfection, capacity or controls.
2029: 27 permits
2030: 35 permits
2031: 15 permits
Largest permit holders in Georgia
| Facility | City | Avg flow (MGD) | Design (MGD) | NPDES permit | Status | Expires | Violations (3y) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Of Atlanta Cso West Area | Atlanta | — | 85 | GA0038644 | Administratively continued | Aug 2020 | 0 |
| Augusta WWTP | Augusta | 33.05 | 46.1 | GA0037621 | Administratively continued | May 2024 | 10 |
| South Columbus Water Resource Facility | Columbus | 31.33 | 42 | GA0020516 | Effective | Jun 2031 | 2 |
| South Cobb WRF | Mableton | 26.31 | 40 | GA0026158 | Effective | Jun 2027 | 3 |
| Dekalb County Department Of Watershed Management (snapfinger Creek Awtf) | Decatur | 28.92 | 36 | GA0024147 | Effective | Mar 2029 | 1 |
| Albany, City Of (albany Cso) | Albany | — | 34.5 | GA0036854 | Administratively continued | Sep 2025 | 0 |
| Savannah-President Street WPCP | Savannah | — | 27 | GA0025348 | Administratively continued | Nov 2023 | 7 |
| Pole Bridge Creek Advanced Wastewater Facility | Lithonia | 28.92 | 20 | GA0026816 | Effective | Mar 2029 | 4 |
| Macon Water Authority (rocky Creek Wrf) | Macon | 18.23 | — | GAIS01201 | Effective | May 2027 | 45 |
| Calhoun (city Of) WPCP | Calhoun | 4.91 | 16 | GA0030333 | Effective | Aug 2028 | 0 |
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Sources and methodology
Flow, permit and violation figures come from the EPA's ICIS-NPDES discharge monitoring records. Population served comes from the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022. Treatment structures are identified by Klarifi's review of aerial imagery, and capital improvement projects are extracted from published municipal budget documents. Violations are counted over the last three years of monitoring reports.
Data refreshed October 12, 2026.
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